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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GatorsUF:
Can someone tell me how to run this root method on a mac? I know you are supposed to use the Unix/Linux version, but not sure how to run a .sh file.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
I know nothing about Mac, but it is similar to Linux in some aspects. Try doing chmod a+x on the .sh file. Then to run, try sh primetime.sh
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GatorsUF:
Well I found the original root method I used, but it doesn't work as I am "partially rooted" I guess. Not sure how to fix this...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Please explain partially rooted... I assume you took the .13 OTA without using root keeper? So you have superuser app but apps that need root access fail? Just unroot from PrimeTime and root again.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] a Mandroid:
Just confirming that rooting using the Vipermod is working 100% with the latest OTA (.13) release.

For those who lost root, or "partially root", please just run Vipermod again.

Cheers
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tr3yt0n:
At first didn't knew what happening since it got stacked on the Installing Busybox step... but i just stopped the CMD window after few minutes and restarted my Prime and it was rooted :)

Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bridic:
If a manual update was done from 11.1 to .13, this will not work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
You are the first one to say this, and you are incorrect. PrimeTime roots .13, doesn't matter if it was OTA or not.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bridic:
That is very interesting as I have had great success with ViperMOD in the past but have not been able to re-root after manually updating to .13.

I will try a few other things to see if I can get it to work.

Edit: Just tried it again.

/data/local/installingbusybox[6]: /system/bin/su: not found

/data/local/root[6]: su: not found
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vilen77:
Thanks a lot for your hard job.

It really works very well. One think - I couldn't make a backup with App Backup. After operation root/unroot it doesn't work (application starts, but backup operation fails). Before root/unroot it worked well. I reflashed ROM again (.13) so now it works well again :).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
What error are you getting? I watched a video of someone using PrimeTime to root .13 after the OTA.

Yeah, I think I know why that happens. Not going to explain why, as I believe there is an exploit related to that :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bridic:
/data/local/installingbusybox[6]: /system/bin/su: not found

/data/local/root[6]: su: not found
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
You've got to be getting an error before that. Likely, on the section about mempodroid. Try downloading this and running it, it has mempodroid binary already installed.

http://bit.ly/ytNZzi
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vilen77:
If that will help, I just rooted Prime using manual Mempodroid root method and the App Backup works well (and root too... :) ).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bridic:
Will give this a try and report back.

Thanks for the help.

Edit: this worked like a dream. Again, thanks for the help.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] An UrgeT Dance:
Thanks for the tool Viperboy, rooted my Prime with no trouble whatsoever. I was on the previous OTA.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ArcaneMethods:
No "Asus Transformer" listed in "Device Manager"

I already have ADB drivers installed for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which may be the source of my problem but...

I set up the tablet as directed (the fork and robot both show in status) and hoping that those Samsung ADB drivers would do the job I jumped right to the rooting script. No go. It hangs after starting ADB. Hey, a guy can hope. :-)

When I plug it in nothing shows up under "Other Devices" the only ASUS specific anything that shows up is "Transformer Prime TF201" under "Portable Devices" So I used that to install the drivers in the .zip file. They installed ok. I unplugged/replugged and no ASUS device appears. Still got only the portable device.

There is a device type "ADB Interface" but only the "Samsung Android Composite ADB Interface" shows within it. Opening a shell and asking "adb devices" starts the daemon but reports no devices.

Anybody got a clue what I should do? This is probably answered somewhere in the 85 pages of responses in the thread but that's a bit much to go through.

(Boy would nested sub-topic threads be useful in this forum. The flat list format is anachronistic to a time before unix shell text mode threaded news readers and that's a very, very long time ago, before many (most?) of you were born.) ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Go into Device Manager with your Prime plugged in, look for it (as you said, it might be listed as a Samsung), right click on it and select Update Driver. Try picking the drivers for the Prime and it should work. There is also more info and a video about this in the 2nd post :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] enomai:
I have a G Nex. I updated the drivers and then found the updated device under "SAMSUNG Android Phone". Expand it and you'll see "ASUS Android Composite ADB Interface".
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ryanbmw51:
Got my prime yesterday and update ota straight out of box to .13. Then used this method to root and it worked perfectly. And btw I didn't have to update drivers I assume because of my samsung drivers being there already. I open device manager and expanded heading that said android device and the driver was right there with no exclamation point. Couldn't have been easier.

Thanks viper. Great work. I guess I need this rootkeeper that you all speak of.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ArcaneMethods:
Except that I don't. :-)

Somehow the pre-existence of the Samsung drivers is inhibiting correct installation of the ASUS drivers. Rather than uninstall the Samsung set I use for my phone I resorted to dedicating one of my netbooks with no prior ADB drivers to controlling the xFormer Prime. With that the driver installation and root script worked exactly as described.

Many thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ryan562:
Thanks. Awesome work. Didn't have to download or update the drivers fortunately and went straight to rooting it. Only took a couple of minutes. Fwiw I rooted it right after I manually updated to .13 OTA. From 11.1 beta OTA

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tallyhk:
Working perfectly after OTA update with the same method of rooting as in .11 ...though OTA Rootkeeper didn't work as expected.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] itsall_cooool:
Just rooted a B50 8.6.5.21-20111216 in under 5 minutes, thanks -viperboy- and any others that contributed! Was dreading all the adb pushes and instructions, this was pure simplicity!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gerald410:
Thx Viper for the great tool!, When are we going to play some Forza again?:)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zAo_:
OSX Version:

http://sbkg0002.home.xs4all.nl/PrimeTime_v4_1_OSX.zip

You may add the link to the SP/TS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RonH54:
I want to be sure I am understanding what I need to do in my case. I have an Samsung Galaxy I Android phone that I have loaded drivers to my Windows 7 PC for Rooting and ADB use. When I plug in my Prime to my PC I assume it seeing these Drivers and it using those because my Computer install Drivers automatically and under Portable Devices my Prime is listed as "Transformer Prime TF201" and I didn't have to use Viper's enclosed Drivers.The other possible "auto installed drivers" is that since I had the Prime Drivers in a folder on my PC the PC scanned my entire Hard Drive,saw Prime drivers and installed what was needed. The Driver details stated that this driver is a Microsoft driver with driver date 6/21/2006 Version # 6.1.7600.16385. Is it correct that I should now go to this Prime listing and "update drivers" using the Viper ones? If this correct will it cause any problems when I connect my Android Smartphone to computer?

Update: Since I had sdk tools already on Computer it seems all the correct Drivers for Prime auto downloaded correctly. When I did try to "update" driver using the ones enclosed with ViperMod the Device Manger told me I had the Most up to date drivers already. I then ran the ViperMod.exe and it went though setup correctly it seems and Rooted Prime and rebooted the Device. I haven't been to truly test Rooting yet because my Wife grabbed the Prime before I could start loading Rooting Apps so she could play "Words with Friends".......LOL

Update 2: Got Prime away from the wife for a second and loaded Titanium Backup Pro(I had already purchased for Android Phone) and OTA Root Keeper and both Apps were granted SuperUser permission. Thanks for Great Rooting Program.

Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zeus34:
I Confirm you can root new US 9.4.2.13 OTA :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wokka00:
Confirmed, Manual US .11.1 to Manual US .13 works via the .11 option in PrimeTime. As expected, Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper didn't work (obv).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aawshads:
So I have been in favor of not rooting until all the bugs got worked out and I was sure I was not going to have to return the unit, but the latest update has screwed up the battery life so bad that I am thinking about rooting it just to underclock it with SetCPU. With a locked bootloader will SetCPU work or would I just be wasting my time until we get some new kernels? Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Swiftks:
You can't underclock, or undervolt until a custom kernel is released. And the overclock that we do have, sets all cores at that frequency, so battery life isn't that great.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
You're wrong. You can underclock with root, I would use system panel to do that though. The overclock also doesn't max out all cores (as in running at full speed all the time).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lorekarf:
confirmed worked on asus eee pad explorer .21

thanks very much now i have superuser and installed root protection as per ot

i'm new on the eee pad and im now somewhat confused .... i want to install custom rom ...but im unsure on next steps and i read too many pages of the forum for today... some1 can spread some light?

i think that i need cwm recovery first...is this correct?

thanks again for super job Viper you are the 1
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] usafle:
Question; When the update that came out previously and locked us all out of ROOT I had to manually 'downgrade' to the previous version and then ROOT so I could use this tool.

My question is, there is a new update out and my tablet keeps telling me there is not an update out. Is it because I manually downgraded and then upgraded? Is that why I'm not seeing the update? How do I rectify this?

(I'm asking here because I haven't gotten any help in the "New Update" thread about this - and since I had to manually downgrade / upgrade to help test the new root method for ViperMOD - it's sort of applicable question here.)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cdub2499:
worked perfectly on my TF101! thank you for the great work
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
You may not be seeing the .13 update because ASUS pulled it since people were having issues with it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] usafle:
Thank you SO much. That is what I thought... but I couldn't get a straight answer from anyone!!!

I was tearing out what little hair I had left trying to figure out what the problem was.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo4sickness:
My question is how do I or anyone else who doesnt want the .13 update tell the system I dont want it or erase it some how since it keeps reminding me and I still have the System Firmware update icon on my Notification bar. Iam on .11 and I dont want to update because of all the problems.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
I think the .zip should be in /cache. Delete that. But there is a way to make it not prompt anymore. I don't know it off the top of my head, but it involved renaming the cert file but I forget where that is located.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tobi01001:
Thanks alot for this great and easy root method.

Bought my Prime on Saturday and rooted yesterday on .11. Worked like a charm after a few adjustments :-)

I used the linux version and since it comes in a .zip I was forced to chmod +x more than just the primetime.sh.

In fact I had to make all executables exectuable.

Might be mentioned already but anyway: Maybe you can add this to the instructions in the OP or even better, add the chmod to the primetime.sh to make the others executable?

Anyway, thanks again for such easy rooting.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xsteven77x:
Worked great for rooting .13. Thank you so much!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo4sickness:
Would I have to use Root Explorer for this or just the stock File manager. And what will it be named.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Root explorer and I'm not sure. The only .zip you'll see in there.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo4sickness:
See in where thats my question lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bluedawgalex:
just rooted my tf101 thanks :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Like I said before, in /cache.

Welcome :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mail2n:
Thanks Viper!

Used Prime Time v4.1 on 9.4.2.13.

Everything worked flawlessly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iamhcg:
After rooted my prime and installed Titanium backup, the "Apps backup" in my stock rom fails to function and it's been a while. Anyone has the same problem? I don't need the stock app back any way. Just curious why it happened.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
You mean Asus' backup program? Yeah, that seems to happen. It's because that app uses it's own busybox. My assumption would be that it is calling busybox (which it is now calling the new busybox setup by PrimeTime, which is much better anyway) and it's crashing, likely, because it's asking for a command that the new busybox doesn't have.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iamhcg:
Now l see . Thanks for telling me、For a while i thought there was something wrong in my rom. Now my worries are cleared.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
Has anyone tried this with the 14 OTA that just came out? I just got my prime today and trying to read up on everything...just curious! :-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 1lazysheep:
me too. updated to .14 and it breaks root
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vX-2:
Works... I rooted mine, and revert it back to .13 as my SN# seems to dislike it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Can I have another confirmation that this works on .14?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo4sickness:
Has anyone tried out .14 see if it is all better and cleared up problems at all or is it still like .13 that is not at all better than .11

And what do you mean you reverted back to .13 because your SN seem to dislike it

Disklike what lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] LfnsR:
I updated when I got home from work and no issues. Back to being rooted.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] :
Worked on mine...first time rooting the prime. I think this is the easiest device I've rooted so far! haha

Thanks to the OP for putting it together!

---------- Post added at 07:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 PM ----------

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Thanks, rooted with no issues. Just curious, what was happening for you to go back to .13?

I have had a few FC's on different apps(before I even rooted) and one random reboot. Ofc...I am doing a lot right now trying to get everything setup. Just curious what issues you are seeing on .14.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iamhcg:
Hi, sorry to bother you for a nother question, viperboy.

I have two Primes in my house. I am satisfied with the root and titanium backup. But my sister prefers to use the stock Applications Backup app. Is there anyway we can revert the busybox to stock and have the applications backup worked again?

She said she has tried a factory reset but no go. Thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazuka:
Rooted mine while on 14. Thank you!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] taaz69:
.14 rooted

Hi Viper,

Got my Prime yesterday. Received the update to .14. Today, I rooted. So far no issues.

Thanks for such a great app. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Try unrooting and then factory restoring :)

No problem guys, enjoy!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iamhcg:
Thanks. and if she still wants to root but not install the busybox, what should she do?

will deleting the busybox related files in the primetime directory do? thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
I don't recall at the moment if not installing busybox will cause PrimeTime to not root the tablet. I honestly don't remember right now. Maybe I should make PrimeTime prompt the user if they want to have busybox installed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gary_O:
Worked perfect for me on the 14 firmware. I've rooted a few other devices, and this is by far the easiest. Big thanks!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jyarborough:
Same here.. just did it bout 8 hours ago.. some of the apps that were working before root seem to not work now.. weird... but I'm thankful to have root.. just got this bay yesterday.. ans loving it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Itzamistry:
What does ota mean?

Update?

Press thx if I helped! :) :) :)

Sent from my LG Thrill 4G on Cm7 Nightlies with ICS theme!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BillGoss:
Over the air

Swyped from my HTC Desire S on CM9 using Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vertig0:
I can't believe, it was this easy... I spent almost 5 hours trying different methods including downgrading and nothing worked. This method took me a minute.

THANK YOU!

TF101
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RussSteele82:
I used this method about 3 weeks ago on a HC TF201. I had to use the alt. root method. It worked like a charm. Since then I have accepted every update as soon as it came out and kept root with VooDoo OTA RootKeeper. I currently have .14 with root. Maybe someday ASUS with unlock our bootloaders. :banghead::D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Balur:
Easiest Root I've Ever Done

Thank You Very Much :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chogardjr:
Thanks viperboy! I think this has to be the easiest and fastest I have ever rooted anything!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Epedemic:
Does not seem to work on .13 or .14
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dmartin774:
Just re-rooted my Prime on option 1 and I'm on the latest .14 update. I wish I could root my HTC Inspire as easy as this.

Thanks viperboy
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Koyuki-kun:
Also confirming this method works on the .14 update
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Chance Ill:
One hellava device with outstanding dev support. Keep up the good work! ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] LNKNPRKFN:
Just reused this method for the WW 9.4.2.14 UPDATE and worked well...just to let anyone lookingg for reroot after that update!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
I'm very happy this is working well for everyone! :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vX-2:
You guys can track it over here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501784&page=43

But basically, this:

That's Why I need to root it and revert it back to .13... however, things might've changed... Asus has pulled down their .13.... only .14 is up on their website... No idea if that would work differently for my tablet.. I guess I can try it tonight when I have the time.

A million thanks to viperboy making rooting so seamlessly easy
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jaii:
First off, sorry if this has been asked already...

Can I root my TFP using a Vista 32 box using your method?

Thanks :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bigballa:
Work flawlessly on the .14 update.

had it previously rooted on .13

updated to .14 and re-rooted with no flaws! thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jyarborough:
Is anyone seeing any weird activity since rooted? Like apps force choosing that didn't do it prior to root?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jyarborough:
I didn't know you had a prime... cool
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 12un4:
Hi, I rooted my Prime without any issue and even after .14 update i successfuly restored root with OTA Rootkeeper, that's all nice.

But even on .12 and also .14 i noticed wifi issue, when everything is looking normal but every connection is stuck after few seconds, including browser, market, downloading, Gmail and basicaly every app that uses internet connection.

This can be fixed by temporary unrooting with OTA Rootkeeper. And everything works fine after off/on wifi or after reboot. After restoring root wifi issue is back.

So i jump to root when i need Ubuntu or any higher funkcionality and unroot when i use wifi. :-D

If anyone noticed something similar or you know a fix for this behavior, let me know.

Maybe ViperBoy can say more into this.

Anyway thanks for nice and fast root tool.

Cheers

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chogardjr:
No problems on mine at all. My wireless connects are strong and reliable. I have a serial number that starts with C20KAS. I think it's different than others if I'm reading it correctly.

And yes how can I not jump on this thing. Freaking awesome and I have slayer69 to thank for talking me into getting it.

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk